Soap-package



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IVALLAOE F. KIRK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SOAP-PACKAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,371, dated November5, 1895.

Application filed August 14, 1895- Serial No. 559,216. (No specimens.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE F. KIRK, a citizen of the United States,residing in Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Soap-Packages, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is customary in soap factories where laundry or family soap ismanufactured to incase the cakes of the soap in paper wrappers and packthem in boxes. The wrappers are only used as temporary coverings whilethe soap remains in the hands of the jobber or grocery-man and areremoved before the cakes are used. This packing is usually done beforethe soap has become thoroughly dry, and consequently the cakes gothrough a drying or sweating process after being packed, in which thewrappers are apt to become discolored, so as to render them unsightlyand injure the salability of the soap. To prevent this discolorationduring the sweating, as well as to obviate any tendency to mold, is theobject of my invention, and I accomplish it by forming openings in thewrapper, through which the air may have access to the surface of thecake and be enabled to facilitate the drying process which the soapnaturally undergoes for some considerable time after it leaves thefactory.

In the accompanying drawings I show at Figure 1 a perspective view of acake of soap incased in one of my improved wrappers. Fig. 2 shows thewrapper extended in the flat. Fig. 3 is an exaggerated partial sectionof one kind of wrapper which may be used in my invention.

In said drawings, A represents a cake of soap, and B represents thewrapper in which it is incased. This wrapper is usually printed with thename of the manufacturer, the name of the soap, trade marks, &c., andsuch printed matter is usually placed in the panels or spaces 0; but myinvention is, of course, wholly independent of the printed matter, andhence its particular location or character is wholly immaterial.

At intervals throughout the sheet B perforations or openings 7) are madein such manner and so located as to give the air access to the surfaceof the soap, and preferably upon all sides. These openings allow thedrying out of the soap without producing mold in the cake or materialdiscoloration of the wrapper. The wrapper is not injuriously weakened bythe openings, nor is its appearance affected unfavorably thereby.

The invention may be used with paper which has been paraffined orotherwise coated to prevent it from absorbing the moisture or beingdiscolored thereby, equally with paper which has not been so coated. Aninstance of the coated paper is shown at Fig. 3, where d indicates theprotectingmaterial.

- The wrappers are usually applied by simply folding them around thecakes without V in any way securing the edges against unfolding, andthey completely inclose the cakes.

I claim A cake of laundry or family soap having a temporary wrappercompletely covering it, said wrapper being loosely folded around thecake and being provided with permanently open perforations adapted togive the air free access to the cake and thus prevent discoloration ofthe wrapper during the sweating, substantially as specified.

IVALLAOE F. KIRK.

